You can definitely tell it is my generation that is now moving into positions of power in the entertainment industry.
Just watched the most recent episode of Supernatural, called “The Monster at the End of This Book.” Of course, that was the title of one of my favourite books from childhood, a Sesame Street book in which the very loveable and very blue Grover desperately tries to stop the reader from turning the pages because he is so afraid of what waits for him at the end, only to find out it is himself. The Winchester boys may be a tad younger than myself, but clearly the creative team was reading the same books I did. It was a clever nod for a show that does “clever” particularly well. This show is firing on all cylinders and now with BSG gone, it is likely to be my fave as it winds down to a big finish at the end of Season Five.
And of course, one of the true masterpieces of literature from my childhood was Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. Spike Jonze is making it into a live action movie due out this October, and the trailer is now online, as well as some promotional pictures that tell me the people who made this cherish the source as much as I did.
Can’t wait to see where it goes from here…
